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UK Music Retailers Beg, Drop the DRM

Posted by kdawson on from the free-as-in-no-chains dept.

thefickler notes that consumers aren't the only ones carrying "Death to DRM" placards. UK music retailers are telling the recording industry enough is enough — that the industry's obsession with copy protection is hurting, not helping, profit. Kim Bayley, director-general of the UK Entertainment Retailers Association, said that the anti-piracy technologies are not protecting industry revenue but instead "stifling growth and working against the consumer interest." The ERA hopes the industry will drop DRM in time for the holiday season. Good luck with that.

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  1. Re:Good luck indeed by Panitz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh dear, oh dear...

    No thanksgiving in UK, and the July 4th thing is independence day in USA, again nothing in the UK

  2. Re:Good luck indeed by Panitz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, I saw all the UKs in the summary... But I never call christmas the 'holiday season'. In fact I've never heard anyone call it that. I thought it was an American term for Thanksgiving - New Year. Hence my confusion.